Taganrog

Taganrog is the second largest city in , known as the home city of Anton Chekhov.
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Photo: Mark Antokolsky, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 245,000 residents
  • Description: port city in Rostov Oblast in southern Russia
  • Also known as: Tahanrih” and “Tahanroh

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birth house of Anton Chekhov and Alferaki Palace.

Museum
The birthplace of Anton Chekhov is a historic house in Taganrog, Russia, where the writer Anton Chekhov was born. It is now a writer's house museum. In 1916, the Taganrog City Council supported the initiative of the Chekhov Circle and acquired the house and grounds on Chekhov Street 69 to conserve the house of Anton Chekhov.

Museum
Photo: Fargoh, CC0.
is a museum in Taganrog, Russia, originally the home of the wealthy merchant Nikolay Alferaki. It was built in 1848 by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider on Frunze Street, in downtown Taganrog.

Museum
was officially inaugurated in 1968, but the basis of the museum collection was formed by the end of the 19th century, when the art department of the Taganrog's city museum was established.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrushino.

Village
is a village.

Taganrog

Latitude
47.2154° or 47° 12′ 55″ north
Longitude
38.9285° or 38° 55′ 43″ east
Population
245,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Inception
1698
IATA airport code
TGK
United Nations Location Code
RU TAG
Open location code
8GVW6W8H+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29980667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
484907
Wiki­data ID
Q170513
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Taganrog” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تاغانروغ
  • Armenian: Տագանրոգ
  • Asturian: Taganrog
  • Azerbaijani: Taqanroq
  • Bashkir: Таганрог
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  • Belarusian: Таганрог
  • Bengali: তাগানরোগ
  • Bulgarian: Таганрог
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  • Chechen: Таганрог
  • Chinese: Taganrog
  • Chinese: 塔甘罗格
  • Chinese: 塔甘羅格
  • Chinese: 塔甘羅格灣
  • Chuvash: Таганрог
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  • Georgian: ტაგანროგი
  • German: Taganrog
  • Greek: Ταγκανρόγκ
  • Gujarati: ટેગાનરોગ
  • Hawaiian: Pakanol (kūlanakauhale)
  • Hebrew: טאגאנרוג
  • Hindi: तन्गंरोग
  • Hungarian: Taganrog
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  • Japanese: タガンローク
  • Japanese: タガンローグ
  • Japanese: タガンロク
  • Japanese: タガンログ
  • Kalmyk: Таганрог балһсн
  • Kannada: ಟ್ಯಾಗನ್ರೋಗ್
  • Komi-Permyak: Таганрог
  • Korean: 타간로크
  • Ladin: Taganrog
  • Latin: Taganrogium
  • Latvian: Taganroga
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  • Panjabi: ਤਗੰਨਰੋਗ
  • Persian: تاگانروگ
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  • Serbian: Таганро́г
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  • Sindhi: ٽيگنروگ
  • Sinhala: ටැගන්රොග්
  • Slovak: Taganrog
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  • South Azerbaijani: تاقانروق
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  • Tajik: Таганрог
  • Talysh: Taganrog
  • Tamil: ட்டகன்றாக்
  • Tamil: தாகன்ரோக் நகரம்
  • Tatar: Таганрог
  • Telugu: టాగన్రోగ్
  • Thai: ตากานรอก
  • Turkish: Taganrog
  • Ukrainian: Tahanrih
  • Ukrainian: Tahanroh
  • Ukrainian: Таганріг
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  • Upper Sorbian: Taganrog
  • Urdu: تاجانروج
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  • Waray (Philippines): Taganrog
  • Welsh: Taganrog
  • Western Panjabi: تاگانروگ
  • Wu Chinese: 塔甘罗格
  • Yue Chinese: 塔甘羅格

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Taganrog”. Photo: Mark Antokolsky, Public domain.